Word: mcdonaldization
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...park imports elsewhere." For some reason, Canadian cars (which we import in large numbers) don't count as imports, but the Japanese cars do. Mondale reflects this attitude when he asks, "What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers and spend a lifetime serving McDonald's hamburgers...
...Hennessy, and after four whirlwind days of talks they agreed to merge. Agee got a promise that he would be president of Allied, but his future duties were not settled. Shortly after the merger was officially approved by stockholders a fortnight ago, Hennessy forced the resignation of Alonzo McDonald, who had been Agee's second in command at Bendix. Then Hennessy told Agee that Allied was looking for someone else to be chief operating officer, the second-ranking post, after chief executive...
Beyond the questions of peace and the environment, the Green party positions seem vague, which worries some Germans. They also seem anti-American, which worries the U. S. government. The party vehemently rejects the American consumer culture, symbolized by McDonald's and cable television. Only 15 percent of the party, as opposed to 52 percent of West Germany as a whole, favors working more closely with the United States. Predictably, anti-Americanism has led to charges that the Greens are communist-leaning, dangerous to the balance of power between the United States and the Soviet Union. One distrustful conservative German...
That was seen as further evidence of the frigid relations between Bendix's Agee and Hennessy. The Allied chief has vowed that Agee "will have no line duties at Allied," even though he is the company's titular president. McDonald's departure will have the intended effect of keeping Agee tied down at Bendix in Michigan, inhibiting him from becoming involved in Allied affairs back East. Hennessy has also promised that he will study, presumably with a critical eye, the "golden parachute" package fashioned by Bendix directors for Agee during the merger battle. Under its terms, Agee...
...plans to produce about 890,000 cars through March, fully 30% more than it turned out during the first quarter of 1982. Said GM President F. James McDonald: "Our dealer-order bank is better than it has been in three years." Ford's forecast is even brighter: its schedules call for a 67% increase in production. Chrysler is expected to make 20% more cars during the period...